Yearly Archives: 2010

Daily Gospel – 3rd September

03/09/2010

Luke 5, 33-39

They then said to him, ‘John’s disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees, too, but yours go on eating and drinking.’  Jesus replied, ‘Surely you cannot make the bridegroom’s attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them?  But the time will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then, in those days, they will fast.’  He also told them a parable, ‘No one tears a piece from a new cloak to put it on an old cloak; otherwise, not only will the new one be torn, but the piece taken from the new will not match the old.   … Read more »

PONTIFF PRAYS FOR AUTHENTIC SOCIAL PROGRESS

02/09/2010

Benedict XVI will be praying in September for authentic social progress and an end to bloody conflicts and wars.

The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for September. His general prayer intention is: “That in the least developed regions of the world the announcement of the Word of God brings renewal to the hearts of all, prompting them to be protagonists of an authentic social progress.”

The Holy Father also chooses an apostolic intention for each month… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 2nd September

02/09/2010

Luke 5, 1-11

Now it happened that he was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the crowd pressing round him listening to the word of God, when he caught sight of two boats at the water’s edge. The fishermen had got out of them and were washing their nets.  He got into one of the boats — it was Simon’s — and asked him to put out a little from the shore… Read more »

EUROPEAN DISCALCED CARMELITES STUDENTS MEET IN MALTA

01/09/2010

Between Saturday, 28th August and Thursday, 2nd September, 2010, at the Archbishop’s Seminary in Tal-Virtù, some 85 European Discalced Carmelite Students and their formators are being hosted by their confreres in the Malta Province to discuss Evangelisation in a European context flowing from the missionary spirit of St Paul.

During this meeting which comes to an end tomorrow, various speakers will be giving accounts on the experiences of intense Christian community living with orphans, disabled and senior persons in Colombia; of dialogue with people of other faiths in Basle, Switzerland; of relations with Muslims in Kuwait by its former Bishop Mons… Read more »

Brendan Buttiġieġ meets Pope Benedict XVI

01/09/2010

I was the fortunate youth from Munxar, who was selected to represent the Gozitan youths during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit in Malta.  I was nominated by the parish of St Paul’s shipwreck where I am active as a catechist (at the Museum Branch of Sannat) and well involved in the Youth Movement. Luckily the draw was on my side! I was so excited to be near the Pope on the catamaran from Kalkara to the Valletta Waterfront… Read more »

DEFENDING MARRIAGE IS A SERVICE TO SOCIETY. STABLE MARRIAGES LEAD TO FEWER FAILURES

01/09/2010

“Kif jista’ xi ħadd jippretendi li l-Knisja ma tiftaħx ħalqha favur mezzi preventivi biex jippromwovu u jiddefendu l-istabbiltà taż-żwieġ?”

F’nota pastorali maħruġa llum, l-Isqfijiet Maltin saħqu li hu dmir tal-Knisja “quddiem Alla” u fis-“servizz b’risq is-soċjetà” li xxandar da dak li temmen fih fuq bosta temi, inklużi ż-żwieġ u l-familja u dan għaliex żwieġ stabbli jwassal għal inqas tkissir taż-żwieġ. Huma wissew kontra t-tnedija ta’ kruċjati kontra d-divorzju iżda saħqu wkoll li “f’soċjetà pluralistika m’għandux ikun hemm opinjoni waħda biss li tinstama’, u jkun ta’ ħsara għad-demokrazija jekk xi ħadd jipprova jsikket opinjonijiet diversi! … Read more »

Daily Gospel – 1st September

01/09/2010

Luke 4,38-44

Leaving the synagogue he went to Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in the grip of a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Standing over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to serve them.  At sunset all those who had friends suffering from diseases of one kind or another brought them to him, and laying his hands on each he cured them.   … Read more »

1950TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF ST. PAUL’S SHIPWRECK COME TO AN END

31/08/2010

On Saturday, 28th August 2010, at the Parish of St Paul’s Bay, the year dedicated to the 1950th anniversary since the shipwreck of St Paul was brought to a close.  In our tradition, St Paul’s Bay has always been closely associated with Paul’s shipwreck and his visit to Malta.

The festivities, which were most significant, commenced at the Parish Church, with the celebration of mass, presided over by Archbishop Paul Cremona.  … Read more »

BUSY MONTHS FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI

31/08/2010

Some historic and noteworthy events await the Holy Father and Vatican officials after the summer break, when the Eternal City springs back to life.

Benedict XVI will be staying at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo at least until the end of next month, but before he returns to Rome he has three important engagements to fulfill.

The most significant will be his much-anticipated visit to Great Britain on Sept… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 31st August

31/08/2010

Luke 4,31-37

He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught them on the Sabbath.  And his teaching made a deep impression on them because his word carried authority.  In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean devil, and he shouted at the top of his voice,  ‘Ha! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? … Read more »